{"title":"Angel Ortiz (LA II) | New York Street Art Pioneer","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eAngel Ortiz — known as LA II or LA2, Little Angel — began writing graffiti on the streets and subway cars of New York's Lower East Side at the age of ten. Born in 1967, he was introduced to Keith Haring in 1980 and the two developed one of the most celebrated artistic collaborations of the decade: Haring's bold cartoon figures combined with Ortiz's dense, intricate pattern-filling and calligraphic mark-making, the two visual languages in dialogue in a way that proved genuinely more than the sum of its parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe collaboration lasted six years and produced some of the most significant works in the history of street art. Ortiz's contribution was specific and irreplaceable — the fill, the tunnels, the interlocking patterns that gave the joint works their depth, texture, and street credibility. Without his mark-making, Haring's figures would have occupied a different kind of space. The works they made together are among the defining visual documents of 1980s New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eHis independent practice — developed before, during, and after the Haring collaboration — draws on the same wild-style vocabulary he developed as a child on the Lower East Side, now matured into a sophisticated visual language of considerable density and rhythmic energy. His Mona Haring work, bringing together the most iconic image in Western art history with the visual language of his most celebrated collaboration, demonstrates the cultural range and formal intelligence of his practice at its most confident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eAs one of the surviving figures of the original 1980s New York street art movement, Ortiz's work carries a historical significance that no younger artist can replicate. Available through Creed Gallery, Ascot, for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"angel-ortiz-roger-2","title":"Roger 2| Angel Ortiz  (LA II \/ LA2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngel Ortiz (LA II \/ LA2, b. 1967)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoger 2\u003cbr\u003eOriginal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoger 2 continues Angel Ortiz's sustained engagement with a subject — the face, the identity, the recurring figure — that runs through his practice from his earliest collaborations with Keith Haring through his independent career. Ortiz — born in the Lower East Side in 1967, beginning his graffiti career at twelve, introduced to Haring in 1980 — brings to Roger 2 the dense, intricate pattern-filling and energetic mark-making that characterised the Haring collaborations while expressing a visual intelligence that is entirely his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"2\" designation marks this as the second version of a composition — the return to a subject with accumulated understanding, the painting that knows what the first one was trying to do and does it more fully. Available through Creed Gallery, Ascot, for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal\u003cbr\u003e\nCertificate of Authenticity\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Angel Ortiz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54086411616596,"sku":null,"price":1695.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/files\/keith-haring-radiant-heart-with-crown-red-black-print.jpg?v=1775207848"},{"product_id":"angel-ortiz-mona-haring","title":"Mona Haring | Angel Ortiz (LA II \/ LA2)","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eAn authentic masterpiece by the legendary Angel Ortiz (LA II), \"Mona Haring\" represents a visceral and high-octane reclamation of classical art history. In this work, Ortiz applies his world-famous \"wild-style\" graffiti scrawl over the iconic visage of the \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"257\"\u003eMona Lisa\u003c\/i\u003e, effectively pulling the Renaissance into the heart of the 1980s New York street scene. As Keith Haring’s primary collaborator, Ortiz provided the \"street\" DNA for many of the era's most famous images, and this original work pulses with that same kinetic energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThe piece is saturated with the trademark symbols that defined the partnership between Haring and LA II, including the bold, gestural dollar signs ($) and the dense, rhythmic paint-marker linework that fills every inch of the composition. The use of vibrant, electric yellow highlights against the dark, sepia tones of the subject creates a work that feels both historical and aggressively modern. Housed in a heavily ornate, baroque-style black frame, the artwork creates a stunning juxtaposition between \"High Art\" and the \"King of the Streets.\" For a discerning collector in Ascot, Sunningdale, or Virginia Water, this is a museum-quality original that serves as a direct, tangible link to the golden age of NYC graffiti.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eOriginal Mixed Media on Paper (Paint Marker and Acrylic)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eDimensions: 60 x 85 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eFramed Size: 45 x 64 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eHoused in a bespoke, ornate \"Baroque\" style matte black frame with museum-grade mounting at Creed Gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eHand-signed and tagged by the artist (LA2); a unique one-off original work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Angel Ortiz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54088059879764,"sku":null,"price":5995.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/files\/angel-ortiz-la2-mona-haring-keith-haring-collaboration-style.jpg?v=1775208129"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/collections\/Creed_Gallery_-_Artist_-_Angel_Ortiz_1.png?v=1775139587","url":"https:\/\/creedgallery.com\/collections\/angel-ortiz.oembed","provider":"Creed Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}